Theory & Political Action Reading Group
The 2014-2015 theory and political action reading group will meet in preparation for the May 2015 UNC-KCL symposium. While conversations will often center on applications for students working on Medieval and Early Modern texts, the reading group is open to all.
The reading group will meet once a month on Fridays at 3pm to discuss the following topics:
September 26th | Performance Studies | Facilitator: Michael Clark
October 24th | Gender, Sexuality Studies, and Queer Theory | Facilitators: Mary Learner and Katie Landers
November 21st | Animal Studies and Eco-criticism | Facilitator: Morgan Souza
January | Pragmatism and Postcolonial | Facilitator: Dwight Tanner
February | Trauma, Memory, and Genocide | Facilitator:
March | New Formalism, Posthumanism, and Object Theory | Facilitator: Krista Turner
April | Review, contextualization, and looking forward
May | Conference at KCL for participating members